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The Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed
Occupy Cincinnati yesterday at Piatt Park.
Later in the day 15 individuals were arrested for staying in the park
past its 10 p.m. closing time, the first arrests in weeks, as
protesters have challenged the legality of the park closing at all.
Jackson was reportedly scheduled to return to the park at noon on
Wednesday to again speak with Occupy Cincinnati.

A new study says Ohio's school ranking
system is "an illusion or cruel hoax." An advocacy group
called the Ohio Association for Gifted Children has argued that the
state's expectations for schools are too low and based too much on
standardized test scores than preparation for college. Ohio's
rankings of Excellent or Excellent with Distinction rankings (the
equivalent of A or A+) have reportedly quadrupled during the last nine years while
other measures rank Ohio schools below national averages.

Looks like Cincinnati officials were
preparing for the defeat of Issue 48, as the city in October applied
for $56.8 million in federal funds to restore the uptown and
riverfront segments of the Cincinnati streetcar plan, which were
originally defunded by Gov. John Kasich.

Chris Monzel is apparently following
through with his promise to enact MacGyver-style solutions for the
county's stadium deficit. Monzel and Democrat Todd Portune have
promised to lower property taxes as was detailed in the original deal
that allowed the burden of the stadium costs to disproportionately
fall on poor and middle class people.

“I am adamantly opposed to using the
(property tax rollback) to stabilize the stadium fund,” Monzel
said. “It’s a promise I made to the voters and it’s a promise I
will keep.”

Portune and the third member of the
commission, Republican Greg Hartmann are up for election next year.

The commissioners were no more decisive
in their response to a Monday deadline to decide to allow more public
housing in the suburbs, risking millions of dollars in federal grant
money. By refusing to even vote on the issue, commissioners avoided
being sued for voting “no.”

An Ohio charter school can't account
for more than $250,000 public dollars, and the state wants it back.
The total includes about $105,000 from school debit cards, about
$85,000 in cash withdrawals and wire transfers and about $33,000 in
checks made out to cash. Good job charter school program!

Here's some information on what Warren
Buffett is up to investment-wise, because he's apparently doing
things that are surprising for him.